Henry Twizell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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English cricketer
Date of Birth: 18-Jun-1959
Place of Birth: Rothbury, England, United Kingdom
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Henry Twizell
- Peter Henry Twizell (born 18 June 1959) is a former English cricketer.
- Twizell was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
- He was born in Rothbury, Northumberland. Twizell made his debut for Northumberland in the 1978 Minor Counties Championship against Cumberland.
- Twizell first played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland from 1978 to 1984, which included 31 Minor Counties Championship appearances and 5 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.
- He made his List A debut for Northumberland against Middlesex in the 1984 NatWest Trophy, in what was his only List A appearance for the county.
- He took the wicket of Graham Barlow for the cost of 45 runs from 12 overs, while with the bat he scored 9 unbeaten runs.Joining Gloucestershire, he made his first-class debut for the county against the touring Zimbabweans.
- In this match, Twizell bowled 13 wicket-less overs in the Zimbabweans first-innings, while in their second he took the wickets of Robin Brown and Graeme Hick for the cost of 65 runs from 15 overs.
- He wasn't called upon to bat in the match.
- The following season, he made his second and final first-class appearance for the county, against Nottinghamshire in the 1986 County Championship.
- His only batting innings came in the Gloucestershire first-innings, with Twizell being dismissed for a duck by Kevin Cooper.
- With the ball, he bowled 11.1 wicket-less overs for the cost of 38 runs.
- This left him with a first-class bowling average of 68.00.
- He played his first List A match for Gloucestershire in 1985, against Warwickshire in the John Player Special League.
- The following season, he made 4 further List A appearances in the 1986 John Player Special League, the last of which came against Northamptonshire.
- In his 5 List A matches for the county, he took 7 wickets at an average of 27.28, with best figures of 2/47.
- He was released by Gloucestershire at the end of the 1986 season. He returned to Northumberland in 1996, where he made an additional 6 Minor Counties Championship appearances, with his final appearance for the county coming against Norfolk.
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